diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 838a4b51a0..6d930bff91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version:
-        - '3.9'
         - '3.10'
         - '3.11'
         - '3.12'
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       run: tox run -f py$(echo ${{ matrix.python-version }} | tr -d . | cut -f 1 -d '-')
 
     - name: Run extra tox targets
-      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.9' }}
+      if: ${{ matrix.python-version == '3.13' }}
       run: |
         tox -e base,dist,docs
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
-        python-version: '3.9'
+        python-version: '3.13'
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: pip install -r requirements/requirements-documentation.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1427b274bc..b2bada7b43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Some reasons you might want to use REST framework:
 
 # Requirements
 
-* Python 3.9+
+* Python 3.10+
 * Django 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
 
 We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest patch release of
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index d590d2c049..64dd28a459 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ continued development by **[signing up for a paid plan][funding]**.
 REST framework requires the following:
 
 * Django (4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2)
-* Python (3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13)
+* Python (3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13)
 
 We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest patch release of
 each Python and Django series.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0c7b4db723..37308429bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ description = "Web APIs for Django, made easy."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 authors = [ { name = "Tom Christie", email = "tom@tomchristie.com" } ]
-requires-python = ">=3.9"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Environment :: Web Environment",
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 031dc4a5d4..f2df7301af 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-       {py39}-{django42}
        {py310}-{django42,django51,django52}
        {py311}-{django42,django51,django52}
        {py312}-{django42,django51,django52,djangomain}